Elliott Wilson has responded to Brian “B.Dot” Miller’s recent statements about their relationship breakdown and the end of their Rap Radar podcast.
During Saturday’s episode of the Bigger Picture podcast (April 26), the 54-year-old Wilson shared his take on the situation, first highlighting their significant age difference. (B.Dot celebrated his 40th birthday in January.)
“Part of why we weren’t friends is because we met with a huge age difference and a huge position of different places where I’m running XXL and he’s coming in as an intern, graduated college, editorial assistant,” Wilson explained around the 29-minute mark in the video linked above.
“So that guy’s not going to be the other guy’s friend like that. I put him on, he worked at XXL, we built the Rap Radar blog together—the site, me and him. But there’s always been an age difference and we’re I say we’re great business partners doesn’t make us friends per se.”
Later in his explanation, Wilson reveals that starting the Rap Radar podcast was actually B.Dot’s brainchild.
Last April, Wilson landed the role of editorial director of hip-hop journalism for Uproxx, HipHopDX, and Dime. According to Billboard, the Uproxx Studios agreement specified that Wilson would “continue holding down his role as co-host of the Rap Radar podcast” with B.Dot.
“The one time I don’t come through and a deal falls through, it’s like I’m the bad guy. I tried to make the deal happen. The deal fell apart. I take accountability cuz the deal didn’t happen, so that’s it,.”
Wilson also tackled B. Dot’s statement that they hadn’t been in touch since May.
“Why would I not reach out? I figured he’s mad at me because the deal didn’t work out… I haven’t ducked one phone call, one text, one reach out to me. My grandma said, ‘the phone works both ways.'”
He also stated that if a fresh deal for Rap Radar materialized, they would pick up the podcast again.
On a recent episode of the Joe Budden Podcast, B.Dot explained, “I thought the terms were fair. I was just ready to get back to work. So that’s what happened and we just became free agents. That was in May and that was the last time I talked to Elliott.”
Elsewhere in the conversation, B.Dot mentioned that while he and Wilson are “friendly,” they’re not “friends in the traditional sense” and don’t casually check in with each other.
“Elliott is a cool guy,” B.Dot said on the Joe Budden Podcast. “Working with him isn’t necessarily the easiest thing to do. It’s been fun. We made history. We did a lot of iconic shit. But I think the last year and a half has been exacerbated because of you, Joe Budden.”
B.Dot suggested that Budden’s appearance on the Rap Radar podcast in 2023 had a lasting effect on him, causing Wilson to take on what he described as an “antagonistic persona.” He felt this change in Wilson’s approach might have undermined their previous work, while also recognizing that “you can’t tell a grown man what to do.”
